Love, Eternal

Home

Come home safe is exactly what Charles did. Nola was glad, it was a great race and she was up and down constantly, she was cheering and screaming when Charles was leading along with the team in the garage, but in the end he got second after Max took the lead in the last laps. Nola could see the disappointment. It was still a great result for him and the team, but he was never happy if he wasn't winning. Nola went out into the pit lane with Louisa to celebrate the podium finish. Charles tried to be upbeat about it but Nola could see. He was his own worst critic. Charles always was like that, it was the nature of the sport. Ideally you'd be aiming for top ten, that's where the points were, but you wanted to win, you always wanted to win.

They celebrated the podium and as they did all their media, Nola walked back to Ferrari trailer on her own to wait for her brother.
"So go on, your team would be?" Lando saw Nola and went up behind her with Daniel and continued the conversation from earlier, he liked Nola, he could tell they would be good friends.
"Why is it so important?" Nola said laughing
"I just want to hear you say McLaren" he said chuckling
"Leave the girl alone Lando, your flirting is weak" Daniel said also joining in on the laughter
"If this is your attempt to flirt then it is weak" Nola said winding him up
"I have a girlfriend, but I know someone who doesn't have a girlfriend and is a free agent" Lando smirked at his comment, everyone on the paddock could see it, but it was funny to wind Nola up, and that he did as he head snapped up in his direction as they walked side by side. "so we're just going to tell everyone you said McLaren is your second favourite and we're all good" Lando laughed and practically ran off. Nola shook her head at him and laughed and let him have what he wanted. "See you soon I'm sure" Daniel said before following Lando to the McLaren trailer

Finally nearly two hours after the race finished Nola climbed into Charles' car to get back to the hotel. In the morning the plane would leave for Monaco and she couldn't wait. Home.
"How you doing?" Nola asked Charles in their native language
"I'm good, I'm critical of myself not to win. But second is great, another podium, another trophy and a great result for the team for us. That's what counts" he replied
"Exactly that, and you again in Australia" Nola said
"But first, home" Charles said smiling, he couldn't wait to be home and to see Charlotte as well, he knew Nola was excited and he laughed when she cheered from her seat
"Bored already?" He asked his sister
"Not in the slightest, but we've been away for three weeks already, I miss mums cooking" Nola told him
"Me to! Are you staying home properly, or what?" He asked as he pulled out of the space he was parked in and they started the journey back to the hotel
"As opposed to where? I don't live anywhere else" Nola said to him
"Well I was just wondering if you wanted to stay with me, you can do as you please but I wanted to put it out there" he said
"And leave mum to deal with just Arthur" Nola had planned to move out, but going away with Charles meant quitting her job, she hated it anyway and it was the perfect excuse, give her time to reset, enjoy life again and find what she really wanted to do, but it meant she didn't actually have a source of income which wasn't smart but Charles had worked it all out to worry about her finances while they were away. But now it meant that her savings were being used where she needed them. She wasn't short of money in its entirety, but if the savings dried up then she was short. She hadn't worked out all the kinks yet but Charles had assured her not to worry about money, she knew she was okay for a while at the very least.
"You were going to move out anyway" he said
"I know, are you not going to get sick of me being with you all the time?"
"Nola you've been by my side since the day you were born. I think if I was going to be sick of you I would be by now"
"Okay and what about Charlotte?" Nola asked him. Charlotte was his girlfriend, the whole family loved her, she fit into the family so well, she also lived in Monaco. Her and Charles were very well suited and a very loving couple
"She has her own place, if we need space we'll go to hers" he said
"You've worked this all out in your head haven't you"
"Yep" he replied shortly. Nola rolled her eyes. Charles had a way of coming up with an idea, working it all out and then presenting you with it, and you couldn't say no because he had sorted it all out.
"Fine I'll stay over at yours" Nola said
"No"
"What?"
"You can move in" he replied. Nola's eyes nearly bulged out of her head
"Move in? Are you mad?"
"Nope"
"Charles"
"Nola"
"I can't move in. That's your house" Nola exclaimed
"You're my favourite sister" he said
"I'm your only sister idiot!"
"Your my favourite sibling, come on it'll be fun" he said, he was so calm. Nola couldn't believe her brother wanted her to live with him. Of course they were close, but Charles already did so much for Nola and protected her all the time.
"Fine. Thank you"
"You're welcome. Now let's go eat and sleep and go home tomorrow" he said as he got out the car. He opened the door for his sister to the paparazzi standing outside the hotel, he shut the door and put his arm round Nola and guided her in safely.

Nola boarded the plane the next morning and stopped in her tracks as she looked down the plane. Apparently they were doing some sort of plane pool, nothing she was aware of. Charles come up behind Nola and stopped behind her. He realised he hadn't actually told her about sharing a plane journey, these were the sort of things that could set Nola off, not that she wanted them to, but the smallest of things had a way of creeping up on her. Charles quickly spoke hoping to keep her calm.
"Oh yeah I forgot. Because we're all going to the same place we're taking the same plane" he said. Nola nodded looking at Max, Lando and Alex, she then waved and took her seat. Charles watched her closely and noticed she was as quite calm which was good.
"Like Uber pool" Nola said, which earned a laugh from them all. Charles sat down opposite his sister. "Doesn't Daniel live in Monaco?" Nola asked the group
"Next race is Australia so he's going straight there to see his family first and spend some time at home. We haven't had an Australian race in a while so he's soaking it up" Lando said
"Ah makes sense, I'm not looking forward to that flight" Nola said realising the next race was across the world
"You'll sleep the whole way" Charles laughed
"Probably will"

Next thing Nola knew she was being woken up by Charles. Realising they were home, or nearly at the very least, she jumped straight up and grabbed her things and followed everyone off the plane. Charles' car was waiting for them, so she got straight in, saying goodbye to Lando, Max and Alex and drove from Nice to Monte Carlo to their mums house first to see everyone. Nola looked out the window as they entered Monte Carlo at the streets she had grown up in, there literally was no place like home. Nola didn't know how her mum was going to react to her now moving out, she just hoped she was okay with it. She didn't want to leave her on her own, well Arthur was still living at home so she wouldn't be on her own completely, but it felt right. Monaco wasn't a massive place anyway, Nola knew could easily go and visit from Charles' place. She looked out across the sea at all the boats, taking in the sun and the beach and everything she knew and was familiar. Charles pulled up to their mums house and went straight in with Nola.

"Nola! Charles! My children welcome home" Their mum was waiting by the door and pulled both her children in for a hug. She was so glad to see them both safe. Nola and Charles were also glad to see their mother, just what they needed. "Lunch will be ready soon, your brothers and Freya are here" Pascale said pulling her children in the door. When Nola saw Freya she was so happy. They gave each other a massive hug and jumped around. It had only been three weeks but it was the longest she had ever been away from any of them apart from Charles. They all sat down together to eat. Home.